joe and the snow (w/ more Thanksgiving pics!)

Today my cathedral is dressed in a light layer of white. a smooth cup o' joe, comfie recliner, spritzes of snow falling delicately to the ground just outside and 24 blaring in the foreground. my kind of day. also, the fact that I got up around 12. yeah, 12. I have an amazing husband who let me sleep in because I was exhausted- from his ceaseless energy and 24 watching until the a.m.'s that has … [Read more...]

some Thanksgiving pics of my nieces, not of us…

(...due to the fact that Brian shot the family pictures of us in "raw" format and we don't have the correct program to transfer the data and make them able to be viewed on our computer. Superior, complex, snobby Apple! I curse thee. not really, I really, really want my pics super bad!)I took these pics of my nieces jumping on the trampoline and then made a collage in Picassa. The light was … [Read more...]

somewhat senseless ramblings of my sleep-less brain

when I was young, I'd hold my breath and go under the water in a swimming pool in the summer. I'd turn over and look up at the surface, how the sunlight would come through the water and thought it was so beautiful. Today I sleep with 3 comforters on me, not so much for the heat, but I love the weight and also think this is beautiful. Winter is here. The cold, dead time of year and for once I … [Read more...]

99 balloons

I got an e-mail today about this video being on Operah, I was at work so I wasn't able to see it, but I found it on a friends website and wanted to stop and share it. Last winter and early spring were a really difficult time for Ben and I. We thought everything was fine with our baby and even though his eyes crossed a little and he sometimes seemed behind, people would just say "he'll catch up!" … [Read more...]